Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping ...

On the harsh surface of Mars, where every resource counts, scientists are turning human sweat and urine into a vital building ...

New research explores how microbes could turn Martian soil into building material and support life systems, offering a potential path for constructing human habitats on Mars using local resources ...

Scientists believe that these two microorganisms could work together more effectively. Through biocementation, they could ...

You know how smug tourists like to talk about how climbing volcanoes in Hawaii is out of this world? Turns out they're sort of right. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is finally starting to get some ...

Tough microbes able to survive extreme environments on Earth could be the key to constructing buildings to allow humans to ...

Two weeks ago, the world marveled when the Phoenix survived a 420 million-mile space journey and landed on Mars, right where it was supposed to. Now it's expected to analyze Martian soil to determine ...

NASA’s recent confirmation of unusual heat signatures beneath the Martian soil has sparked a wave of excitement in the scientific community. This discovery could potentially revolutionize our ...

America's favorite $2.5 billion interplanetary science project stopped in its tracks recently when it discovered a strange, bright, shiny object nestled in the Martian soil. That science project, of ...

LOS ANGELES - NASA's Curiosity rover has indeed found something in the Martian dirt. But so far, there's no definitive sign of the chemical ingredients necessary to support life. A scoop of sandy soil ...